Manawatu Community News

Jennian Manawatu sponsored the Property Brokers Race to the Brewery annual event to raise funds for Relay for Life. However this year they also donated to the Rescue helicopter and nine very deserving young people who received money towards their sporting careers.

The team at Manawatu went along to the presentation and had a good chat with an amazing young boy – Maraki Aumua who is off to play for the under 13 NZ basketball team in America,

Maraki is quite the overachiever; He was the recipient of all the major awards at Ross Intermediate last year, Class student of the year, Pasifika student of the year, Maori achiever of the year, sportsperson of the year, and Year 8 student of the year. He was the recipient of the Sir Peter Blake Leadership award at Ross intermediate and the list goes on. This scholarship is to help Maraki compete in Las Vegas USA as a member of the 13U NZ Basketball academy team.

Pictured Below:

NAME

SPORT

REQUIRED FOR

Maraki Aumua

Basketball

To compete in Las Vegas in the U13 NZBA Team

Kelsey Wilde

Canoe Polo

To compete in Canada in the Under 21 Woman’s Team

Phillip Massarotto

Canoe Polo

To compete in Canada in the Under Men’s Team

Libby Arbuckle

Track and Road Cycling

To compete in America and Canada in two UCI events held this year

Adam Francis

Mountain Biking

To help cover the cost of competing for the winter season in New Zealand and fee’s

Josie Wilcox

Mountain Biking

To compete in Italy in the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championship

Benjamin Wall

Track and Field

To compete in the New Zealand Secondary School Cross Country Championship in Taupo

Tori Bendall

Triathlon

To go towards the costs involved in training, participating in events and the purchase of a new bike

Tessa Webb

Track and Field, Road Racing, Cross Country & Mountain Biking

To compete in Paris in the World Secondary School Cross Country Championship